Legislative process
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on the legislative process. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 02.07.2013 | PIL: Bills whose Commons committee stage has been taken in Committee of the Whole House |
| Consideration of Bills in committee of the whole House (CWH) | |
| 01.07.2013 | PIL: Successful Private Members' Bills since 1983-84 |
| Private Members' bills gaining Royal Assent since 1983-84 | |
| 01.07.2013 | PIL: Summary of public bills introduced since 1983-84 |
| Summary of public bills introduced since 1983-84 | |
| 19.06.2013 | Pre-legislative scrutiny under the Coalition Government |
| This Standard Note takes as its starting point the formation of the Coalition Government in May 2010 and reviews both the commitments given on pre-legislative scrutiny and the draft bills published to date. However, it also includes a table from the previous note, which gives details of the number of draft bills published each session, since 1997-98. | |
| 14.06.2013 | Retrospective legislation |
| This Note explains what retrospective legislation is and provides some examples, in the context of the Mental Health (Approval Functions) Act 2012 and the Job-Seekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 03.10.2012 | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Committee Stage Report |
| This is a report on the Public Bill Committee Stage of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. It is designed to complement the Research Paper Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (RP 12/33), which covers in more detail the background to the Bill | |
| 07.06.2012 | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill |
| The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill introduces reforms in a number of areas. | |
| 11.02.2011 | Wash-up 2010 |
| The wash-up period at the end of a Parliament allows a Government to get onto the statute book essential or non-controversial legislation that would not otherwise complete its passage through Parliament because of Dissolution. This paper describes the wash-up process; reviews the proceedings on wash-up in 2010; and provides details of Bills that received Royal Assent in each of the last six wash-up periods. | |
| 31.03.2003 | Parliamentary Questions Debate Contributions and Participation in Commons Divisions |
| Parliamentary questions; Debate contributions and participation in Commons divisions: statistics for session 2001/02. House of Commons Research Paper 03/32. | |
| 14.03.2001 | Regulatory Reform Bill (HL):order-making power and parliamentary aspects (Bill 51 of 2000-01) |
| Regulatory Reform Bill (HL):order-making power and parliamentary aspects. (Bill 51 of 2000/01). House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/27. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 24.10.2011 | Orders laid under clauses 7(2) and 9 of the Localism Bill. |
| Procedure Select Committee (HL) report [Lords] | |
| 02.02.2011 | Constitution Select Committee (HL) tenth report on Money Bills and Commons Financial Privilege. |
| Constitution Select Committee (HL) report [Lords] | |
| 27.07.2010 | Law Commission Bills. |
| Procedure Select Committee (HL) report [Lords] | |
| 24.02.2010 | Explanatory statements on amendments to bills. |
| Procedure Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 09.12.2009 | Scrutinising statutory instruments: departmental returns, 2008. |
| Government response. Leader of the House of Commons; Statutory Instruments Joint Select Committee report [Commons and Lords] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 24.11.2011 | POLICE (S.I., 2011, No. 2744) |
| That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that thePolicing Protocol Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2744), dated 15 November 2011, a copy of which was laid before this ... | |
| 21.03.2011 | LIBEL REFORM |
| That this House welcomes the publication of the draft Defamation Bill as an essential step towards the necessary and urgent reform of the UK's outdated and unbalanced libel laws; notes ... | |
| 16.11.2010 | DRAFT STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ON NUCLEAR JUSTIFICATION |
| That this House notes the recommendations of the Tenth Report of the House of Lords Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee, published on 5 November, in respect of the draft Justification ... | |
| 16.11.2010 | SLOVAK LANGUAGE ACT |
| That this House notes the findings of the European Commission for Democracy through Law, also known as the Venice Commission, regarding the Slovak Republic 2009 State Language Act, ... | |
| 15.11.2010 | PROTECTION OF LOCAL SERVICES (PLANNING) BILL |
| That this House welcomes the introduction by the hon. Member for Selby and Ainsty of the Protection of Local Services (Planning) Bill, via the Private Members' Ballot, with cross-party ... |
Lords Library Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 10.05.2013 | Volume of Legislation |
| This House of Lords Library Note looks at the volume of Acts of Parliament since 1930 from the perspective of the House of Lords, as well as at the volume of Statutory Instruments since 1961. | |
| 10.04.2012 | Delegated Legislation in the House of Lords since 2000 |
| This Library Note provides information on the powers, conventions and practice of the House of Lords in dealing with delegated legislation. | |
| 11.02.2011 | Wash-up 2010 |
| This Library Note describes the wash-up process; reviews the proceedings on wash-up in 2010; and provides details of bills that received Royal Assent in each of the last six wash-up periods. | |
| 25.01.2000 | Divisions on delegated legislation in the House of Lords 1950-1999 LLN 2000/001 |
| This Library Note charts developments in votes on delegated legislation in the House of Lords between 1950 and 1999. |
